Room to move Mount Sunapee Resort owners Tim and Diane Mueller didn’t exactly win praise recently for the way they run their Crested Butte resort in Colorado. According to a report issued by the Ski Area Citizens Coalition, Crested Butte…
It’s not another jaw-dropping Super Bowl halftime spectacle or the latest reality gimmick about another eccentric billionaire. But at a time when attention spans dwindle with each commercial break and businesses strain for creative ways to draw new customers, a…
After years of decline, Whaleback Mountain in Enfield has sat idle like a beached humpback. But Evan Dybvig, a two-time former Olympic mogul skier, is hoping to change that. Dybvig is planning on purchasing the former ski area that sits…
Shaw’s lawyer buys site near Yoken’s The abutter to the former Yoken’s Restaurant in Portsmouth has sold her property to the same developer who acquired the Yoken’s property in November, leading to more speculation a supermarket will be built there.…
If Hillsborough County takes in less money from its Registry of Deeds office than the county commissioners anticipated, they can’t say they weren’t warned. According to Deputy Registrar Annette Jacques, “We’re budgeted this year for $5.5 million. That’s what they’ve…
First of two articles Let’s skip the preliminaries. The state is facing a mind-boggling deficit in this budget year. And with a new governor elected on a pledge to veto any broad-based taxes, expect a another major catfight over the…
Like New Englanders who complain about the weather, owners and executives of small businesses worry about being sued, but don’t do anything about it. A recent nationwide survey of small-business owners and executives revealed that two-thirds of the respondents were…
There are nearly half a million 401(k) plans in the United States, and for each plan, one — or more commonly, several - company executives have fiduciary responsibilities for plan oversight. Most executives and plan trustees know they are fiduciaries.…
Although most consumers remain ignorant about the serious threat of “spyware” - an emerging device used in cyber crime and intrusive attacks on PCs — it is silently taking control of computers and threatens productivity and even confidentiality for many…
The allegation that Pennichuck Corp. awarded more than $1 million worth of landscaping work to the son of the firm’s former CEO may not be accurate. The former CEO, Maurice Arel, and the company agreed last month to a $390,000…
